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Alrud strengthens its positions in the Legal 500 EMEA 2018 ratings

On April 12, Legal 500, one of the most authoritative international legal ratings, published the results of its regular analysis. Annually, the agency analyzes the feedback of more than 250,000 clients and competitors of law firms, as well as information on major transactions of companies.

Alrud confirmed its positions in the following practices:

Competition/Antitrust (Tier 1),

Banking and Finance (Tier 2 and Tier 3),

Public Private Partnership (Tier 3),

Intellectual Property (Tier 3),

Real Estate (Tier 3),

Dispute Resolution (Litigation) (Tier 3),

Labor and Employment (Tier 2).

One step higher in the 2018 ranking were the practices of:

Corporate / M&A (Tier 2),

Tax (Tier 2),

Capital Markets (Tier 2),

Telecommunications, Media and Technology (Tier 2),

Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure (Tier 3).

The practice of Dispute Resolution (Arbitration and Mediation (Tier 3)) and Private Clients (Tier 1) have been included in the rating for the first time.

Vassily Rudomino is also a recommended expert in the field of Capital Markets, Dispute Resolution (Litigation, Arbitration and Mediation), Alexander Zharskiy – Real Estate, and Anton Dzhuplin – Banking and Finance, Capital Markets, Commercial, Corporate Law and M&A.

The rating recommends Andrey Zharskiy in the field of Real Estate, Energy, Natural Resources and Infrastructure, Dispute Resolution; Maria Ostashenko – in Telecommunications, Media and Technology, Private Clients, Intellectual Property, Commercial, Corporate Law and M&A. German Zakharov is included in the list of Next Generation Lawyer in the area of Competition/Antitrust.

In addition to partners, the rating recognises leading employees of Alrud, namely, Elena Novikova (Tax practice) who retains her positions for the second year in a row; the names of Ekaterina Majorova (Banking and Finance) and Larisa Lysenko (Intellectual Property) have been included in the ratings for the first time.